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146 Fine Wins St. Louis Tourney
Retains Federation When the tourney was over, Steiner visited New York, called at the CHESS REV IEW office. Championship Title The friend ly California internationalist told us of his plans for the future, incl uding a tour through the southwest, culminating in a giant Grandmaster R IiUREN FINE successfully de. fended hi s championship title in the Annual simultaneous exhihition in Los Angeles, to be Open Tournament , of the United States Chess attended by many of Hollywood's film stars. Federation, held at the De Soto Hotel, ,SL More of th is anon. Lou is, Mo. , from July t 7 to 27. ADAMS SHOWS IM PROVEMENT California's HERMAN S TEI NE R placed 5«" and and Massachusetts Slate Champion WEA_ Bishop's Opening special ist Weaver W . VER W . AOAMS ended in third place. Adams did beller at St. Louis than at Ventnor The tournament was directed by the Feder. City. (See June.J uly CH ESS REVIEW). He ation's Vice_ President L. WALTE R STEPH ENS, played three games with his favorite opening, who also donated the spcda! prizes. The won all three. At Ventnor he learned that 4 brilliancy prize went to FRIiD ANDIlRSON, of Q_K2 against the P-B3 defense is a losing St. Loui s, fo r hi s game against Adams. De. move, switched to tI Kt.KB3 at St. Louis with tfoit's DR. BRUNO SCHMIDT was awarded the better resu lts. Best.Played Game Prize for his game with Adams again had good luck with the Albin' s former Canadian Champion BoRIS Bl.UMIN. Counter Gambit, his invariable response to the The final standings of the Championshi p Queen's Pawn Opcro:ng. Using this defense Finals: against Marchand (Game No.6), the New W L Englander gave the gallery a thri ll with a bril. Reuben Fine ...... 8 I liant combi national ending. Puri sts pointed Herman Steiner ...... 6Y2 2Y2 out, however, that the combination was made Weaver W . Adams ...... 6 3 possible by a weak White move. Boris Blumin ...... 5 Y2 3Yz Against Anderson , the taciturn Bo .~tonian Erich Marchand ...... , 4 pl ayed a weak "Fianchetto Defense", was Fred Anderson ...... , 4 so undly trounced in 17 moves. This game Bruno Sc hmidt ...... 4 , (No.9) was awarded the brilliancy prize. Joseph Rauch ...... •.. . .. 3Y2 5:.6 Anderson certain ly played well, took full ad L. • W alter Stephens ...... I 8 vantage of Black's weak opening, but the George Sturgis ...... ~ 8~ complete lack of resistance made brilliancy neither necessary nor possi ble. FI N E W I NS EASILY The tournament was again a one man show. BLU M IN DRAWS WITH LEADERS Fine stood out head ami shoulders above his In fourth place was Boris Bl umin, now of competi tors, d id not havc to cxert himself too New York, who played some sterling chess, much to finish first. drew his games with the 1-2 prize winners In the first two rounds Fine quickl y di s_ Fine and Steiner, won from Adams. Against posed of his main rivals, Adams and Steiner, Fine, the former Canadian Champion showed then coasted in. In the later rounds he was his mettle by adopting aggressive tactics, made held to a draw by Blumin and Anderson. powerful moves, actually outplayed the Grand . T hese slight lapses, however, did not affect the master in some stages of the game. fi nal outcome. He won all his other games Tied for fi fth place we re ERICH W. MAIL . and ende d with a score of S-l, a full 1 Yz CHAND, of Clayton, Mo., and FRED AND ER. points ahead of his closest rival. SON, of St. Louis, Mo. Marchand led the STEtNER MAKES GOOD SHoW t NG field in the early stages, d ropped back near the Runner.up Herman Steine r lost to Fine and (lOish. In a tou rnament characterized by some Adams, drew with Blumin, won the remainder very spotty chess, Marchand's game with Rauch of hi s schl!'dule. The breezy, talkative Hun_ (Game No.8) stands out as a beautiful ex. t;arian. American master with the unruly hair ample of masterful play. played tricky, trappy chess, took some unnec_ Detroit Champion Bruno Schmidt occupied essary chances with weaker opponents. 7th place in the . fin als after showing great 147 promise by playinft a weJl _carnc<] draw with 13 Kt·B3 P.QKt3 30 Q.Q2 Q. B2 Reuben Fine in the preliminaries. In this 14 Q.K3 P .QR4 31 R·R2 R, R game, Schmidt had the advantage for a con. 15 R.QKtt P· R S 32 P l( R Q. S S 16 R. Rl K R.Sl 33 P.B3 R· Rl siderable time but Fine recovered and forced 17 R_R3 Kt· R2 34 R.R3 Q. B8c h the draw. 18 Kt.Q4 Kt.Kt4 35 K·R2 B·06 Schmidt also won the Best_Played Game 19 KtxKt BxKt 36 Q_ KB2 Q, Q Prize (No. 10) . Unfortunately, the game for 20 K. B2 Q.Q1 37 Bl(Q K_Bl 21 R·Q l R. S 5 38 B.Kl K. K2 which he was awarded this prize was not free 22 K_K t1 Q. S 2 39 K·Ktl K·Q2 {rom blunders. While Schmidt pla}'e<1 the 23 R.Q4 R.QSl 40 K·B2 • K.B3 cnding weI!, this was hard ly the best played 24 B·Q2 Q.Q1 41 P.R4 K. Kt4 game of the tournament. 25 R_R2 R eBl ).S 3 4::: P·Kt4 K.B5 26 B·Kl Q.B2 43 P.KtS P. Kt4 Joseph Rauch, of Montreal, fin is hed in 8th 27 Q.82 P. R3 4<1 K.K3 P. B3 place, wh ile Tou rn ament Director Stephens 28 P·R3 Q.Ql Resigns and Pcdcrat ion President George Sturgis, of 29 R· Rl R.S 1 Boston, brought up the rear. SIX PLAY IN CO NSO L A T ION SECT ION Game No. 2 A total of only 17 players fi led their ent ries. Won by Fine Preparations had been made for severa l graded With th ll! br ut a l demoliUon o f Marchand's' F rench ilefense. F ine dC lllonstJ"ates t o his fi nal classes but there werc not enough enuies competitors that " It Isn't the oll'ening t hat for two complete sections, matteI'S: It's tho !»)ayel·... It would have seemed easier to pby one Black's 8 ... P·KIH soems i11·advlsed. He round.robin tourney among the 17 en tries. vrobably hoped that White would be tolol"Hn t enough to lenve the 11 (J~j(lou locked. \\'hell Instead, the p[ayer.~ votc
GAME SCORE SHEETS The Class A Section of 11 players wa~ won by Frank Valvo. 8Y~ · IIJ~. with Julian Part os Convenient pads of 100 score sheets 6 ff ff and Paul "Rosenzweig lied fOt· seeond, each x 11 , numbered and ruled for 60 m oves. tallying 7'h·2'h. For home or club use. Sin91e pad (100 sheets) ______$ .75 In the Class n Section, Louis Pet·singet· 3 Pads ______2.00 and Fred Ekstrom tied for first wilh 7 'h .l lh. "'rs. No Roos WllS third with 5'h·3'h. CHESS EQUIPMENT CO. 250 W est 57th Street, New York, N. Y. Sidlley Ross 11'011 the Chlss C Section , 8';6- 1,6, with George Cheney in seculJd vJace and !llallrice Wert1teim third. lSI 5·Minute Chess Quiz
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Q 1. Complete the following Ma~tel'i,' names: (c) A player announces mate in five moves, (al Erich E. ______(b) Sal0 F, ______but there is no mute. What is the penalty? (e) Andreas L. ______(d) May n player expose his King to check if he can mate bis opponent by the moveL ___ _ Q 2. Foul' of the following eight pUlyars established blindfold .records ill their day. Can Q 5. He was born in 1911, studied physics, you pick them out? graduated as an electrical engineer. He learned Reshevsky, Reti, Philidor, Laskel', Paulsen, to play chess in 1921, was recognized as a Alekhinc, SLeinitz, Keres. master in 1927 when he finished 5th in the , nRtional championship of his country. In 1931 Q 3. Three of the following were noted for he won the cha.mpionship with a score of IS their great skill in the endings. Can you un wins, 4 losses, 4 draws. In 1935 he tied for derline the correct names? fi rst place in a strong international tourney, Morphy, Capablanca, Thomas, Staunton, Ru repeated ill 1936. At present he is considered one or the world's leading masters. His na.me binstein, Lasker. is ______~ ______
Q 4. (a) in giving odds of the Queen's Rook, may the odds-giver castle on the Queen's Q 6.-11 . \\lrite the mating moves under the 51 e. ______dia.grams below. All responses are forced . . d ' Note: The pieceB of the mating side, White or (b) Capturing en passant is optional accord Black as the case may be, are going UP the Ing to the rules, Is it compulsory if it is the board. only legal mOl'e on the boa,rd? ______(Answers on page 163)
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BLACK mates in 2 . 1 ______, ______, J , 1 . , . . , 2 ______---, ------, ------, ------,• Z ______, ------, 2 ______. mate. mate mate , No.9 No. 10 No. 11
WHITE mates in 2 ,>"iHITE mates in Z 1. ______, ______, ., ------, ------,. 1 ------, ------,. 2 ______mate. 2 ______mate. 2 ______mate. ['holo by Raoul EchClI(rr;d Lady Chess Stars to Play for Title
As announced last month, Mrs. Adele Rivero, Tournament at the Marshall Chess Club, New Woman Che~s Champion of the United States, York. T he follqwing g am e, from tlli~ tourney, has agreed to defend her title in an eight_game is an excellent example of Miss Karfh ago match with Miss N , May Karff, the formcl" gressiye slyle of pI 153 The Game of the Month By REUBEN F I NE Lub mOil//; G"r",,J A!a. "I/lF" x-,Olle (()IIJ iJen-d () j p · ~,lI e . ' f aliI"'" illfaO I /0 CIIESS RI'I'Il'W'S ,",oJ,"". "f/><: (,,/JIiC of Ih" "[(mlh for Ibi.' iiJ'I<' w,n p/uynl ,1/ tiN 1941 I). S, Chn5 r:derdrio" O/'tll TOllnl!lIIl~1II ,,{ St . LouiJ , The following game, while rather smooch 9 QRlx13. P · QB~ ami it is doubtfol whether and unpretentious on lhe surface, ha$ been 'While's ~light 'plus in development is of any pel'manent I'aluc. chosen partly because of the undercurrent of 8 Q.B2 . , , , excitement which runs through it and partly Defe nding- the Pawn and keeping STAHLBERG BREAKS RECORD Gideon Stahlbel'g. S wedish Chess Master. has broken the \I'ot'ld's t'ecord for the number of boardS played simultaneonsly and time of play. [n a gigantic exhibition at Buenos Aires, Stahlberg played 400 separate games in 36 hours. () minutes, winning 36·1. losing 22 and drawing 14. He still·ted to play at 10 p. m. Friday. August 29th. finished al .10:05 n. Ill. Snnday, August 31st! CHESS PLAYERS TO BE RANKED The United States Chess Federation has de· cided to Issue a ranl( list of the chess playel'S of the country in much the same way a s lawn tennis III ayers are ranked by the Lawn Tennis Association. Federation President George Sturgis has ap pointed CHESS REVIEW'S EditOl' I. /\. Horo witz as a member of the Ranking Committee. The other mell1b er~ of lhc committee are Milton Hanauer and F red Reinfeld. T he Committee will meet in the neal' future to decide Oil their method or proce dure. In the meantime , any player who wishes to be considered for offi cial recognition should send In his tournament records ol'er the past two years. togelher with his $1 membership ree in ca se he is not already a member of the Federation. In order to be ranked. a player must be a membel' 01' the U. S. C. F. The records submitted should include the results Of all tournaments in which the player has com peted, Including Club, City. State tournaments. Address U. S. Chess Federatlon RankIng Committee, care of CH8SS REV[EW, 250 W est JOSEPH FIRESTONE at Allentown, Pa. 57th Street, New York, N. Y. Still heavyweight champion. TIE FOR NEW ENGLAND TITLE !\IlLTON KAGAN. Brookline, !\lass. and A. HESSE W I NS PENN. STATE TITL E C. ~IART[N. Providence, H. I .. tied for firH The Championship of Pennsylvania was won place In the !\lasters' Section of the New by HER!\IAN HESSE, of Bethlehem, at the England Cbamplonshlp Tourney held at Bos third Hllllual Pennsylvflnia State Chess Federa· ton, August 29-Septemher 1. They will play tlon Touruamen! held at t.he Americus liolel. It six game match to deCide the title. Allentown, Pa., August 30th (0 Sept. 1st. The OSCAR SHAPIRO, of Boston, won the 8x tourney was d irected by CI-IF:SS REVlEW'6 perts' Section. Editor I. A. HOROWITZ, Sixteen players entered for the championship QUEENS COUNTY TOU RNAMENT Class and were divided inTO (,1'.'0 sections. The title was decided by a piny-o ff between the A toumament to decide the Chess Cham winners of the two sections. Hesse defeated pionship of Queens County II'lH begin on Oc KAV,IAN ERDEKY. o f Pittsburgh, the winner tober 19th at the Queens Chess Cl ub. ·10-0 5 of Section 2. In the runner·up play-off to 59th Street. cornet' of Roosel'elt AI'e .. ' Vood dccltle the winner of third l)rlze. WILLIAM side. L. I. Play w!ll be held on Tuesdays S'l'I~CKE L. of Greenville, dereated C. H. and Fridays. At the same tlme, Class A and DUCK. of Bethlehem. B tournaments w!11 be held. There will be In the Minor Tournament for the Class 13 cash prizes and a large Silver cup for the State Championship. JACK !\IAC DONOUGI-!. championship. of Stroudsburg. and HERBERT BUCK. of I~limination t'ounds will start on September Bethlehem, tied for first place, eaeh winning 19th. Entries ror the championship will close four out of five games. on that dute. 8ntry fees $2 for championship J o~e [)h fi'irestone (see picture) finished flt'th class, $1 for Class A or B. Call at the club in Section 2 of the Championship Class, reo any l"riclay evening after 8 p. m. or mail your tains title of rOl'emost heal'yweight chess entry to the club 01' to Fritz Brieger, ·1302 playe r. 63rd Street. Woodside, N. Y. How To Enjoy Recorded Games 8)' J. W. DEARMAN 'fbi; nrli(/e. lure re.pr;l/Iffd ill (om/emed of the combinations before com ing to the lorlll, ori/?illllll, a/'/le(//'e(/ ill " /... IJ Jur"; Cbell critical or decisive move. This adds gre:ltly Magazi/le" 0/ Feb"u",. 1905. IlYe p,.e;elll to the pleasure. So docs the abilit y, which tbefe Je/erliollJ /rolll D e A,,/Il/ll'J edilorial comes with mature chess strength, of seeing (/J we be/ie!"t' bi! IIfgKt'JliollJ /111/)' prOl e bell'. combinations Ihal Ihe playe rs ha" e missed. /11/ 10 Ollr re(1(lerJ. N exI 1110mb, we Il'ill add But do not gloat unduly over these; perhaps 10 Ibt'Je IIfggt'JljOIlJ il/ 1111 arlicle QII " H oll' 10 the player discarded it as too complicated or STUDY Ueco,.ded GmlleJ··- f.!)ITOR. was pressed for time and could nOt look fully mto it. Given . help smiling back at him. At the moment, his greatest ambition is to meet Horowitz across the hoard in a serious match or tour_ nament },lame:. He promises to do dire things to our tlnsuspecting Ediwr. In the following game, Mengarini outplays Manhattan Chtss Club ChlmlJiOn Albert S. Pinkus in the opening and mi( die game, t/len allows the win to slip through his fingers . The ex("ilement, however, is too much for Pinkus; he loses his head towards the end and gets 111:1Ied _ KtN G'S IN D I A N D E F ENSE (NOLes by Matthew Gr{l{lJl) Mengarini P in ku s ARIE L M ENGA R I NI at Vent nor Cit y. White Black H e promises to do d i re t hings. 1 P.Q4 K t_ K B3 2 P_QB4 p _KKt3 3 Q_B2?! • • • • Pink\l ~ e xpressed admiration for Ihis nO\'el In last momh"s stofr of the Ventnor City move. Howcvel·. Lhe Queen subseque ntly T ournament we (o[~l ment cd on the vigorous, Sh\ll1 h~H back and forLh between Q2 (its nOI" orig inal style of play displayed by newcomer mal pivot square) and Qil2. which would Arit! ['I'lcngarini, of Washington, D. C. Ap_ hardly establis h t he superiority or this move over the usual continuations 3 P-KI\1.3. 3 Kt pearing in his first national tournament, this QB3 or 3 l • The second example, given below, is a 13 . . . . P. R5 "knock 'em down and drag 'em out" encounter 14 P. KR3 l .. , , Very ne al : If H ... Bx P ? 15 P· K6 : willS It between Mengarini and Adams. Both players I)iece, H~ 15 .. , QxP is answered by 16 P·D5 ; sharc(1 a special prize awar F ir~t to win $4.00 prize in CHESS REVIEW'S Open COlTespontlence Tournament is LOUIS Section 27 PERSINGER, or N ew York. Persinger finish 1. Charles W. Campbell, Brooklyn, N. Y. ed with a score or 614 -114 in Section 4. He 2. J . Murray Powell, Eas t H artrol·d, Conn. lost one game to Rev. Martin L. Kirkegaal'd, 3. Arthur M. Frutkin, Alliance, Ohio. drew with Robert E. J) udley, won all his othe r ~. \Vm. E. 'I'ishko, Chicago, 11 1. game~ . 5. P . H . Little, Chicago, Ill. When enough sections bave been completed, we will stal't a Class A Tournament among H ere are the results of games completed this the p ri?e-w inners. This special tourney will month. be open to players who w in first or second Section 2 ~Shepard 1, Klein O. prizes in the Sections of the open contest. Section 3 ~Roz sa 2. Dishaw O. \Ve lleed more players from the Middle West Section 4 ~ Pers ing er I , Klrkegaard O. ami W e stern States to cOlll\!lele sections with Kirkegaard 1, Persinger O. in !.'asy corresponding distance. Dudley 'h, NIcholson 'h. 1'he vacation season about over, entries are Section 6- Kovner 1, Mayers O. coming ill fast er. Four new sectlons have Kovller 1, Aronsen O. been started this month : Mayers 1, Aronsell O. Section 24 Schou forfeits all games. 1. H . Greenfield, Jersey City, N. J. Section 8- 7,oudlik 1, Beringer O. 2. L. B. Hamilton, St. Petersburg, Fla . Section lO - Holiff 1, H ays O. 3. Dr. Thomas R. NOOllllll, Daj-·lon, Ohio. Stetler 1, Hays O. 4. J . Palmer, F ort Story, Va. Davis forfeits all games. 5. Dal S tauffer, Flossmoor, tll. Section 11- \Vallace 1 'h, Heisey 'h. Section 12 ~Quillen 1,.2 , Treend 'h. Section 25 Treend 1, Vichules O. 1. I'I]Ol"ris Kramel·, Lake Mohegan, N. Y. Vichules 1, Melden O. 2. R. M. Kelsey, Brooklyn, N. Y. Section 13- Vlchules 2. H amllton O. 3. Carl Robe rts, Grosse Pte. Park, '\lich. Vichules 1, Gay O. 4. Kenneth Lay, Auburn, Wash. Vlchules 1, Umberger O. 5. Dal Stauffer, Flossm oor, Ill. Section 15- DenanleUe 1, Andrews O. Section I8- Rozs a I, Stubblefield O. S ect ion 26 Section 19 ~5tetler 2, Kresse O. , I. L. n. Hamilton, SI. Petersburg, Fla . Section 2 0 ~ GI·eenfl e l d 1, Hamilton O. 2. J. A. Foucher, Garden City, N. Y. Please remember to send in reports as soon 3. I. Riv)se, I3rooklyn, N. Y. as games are fin ished- with game scores. 4. Charles Spielbergel·, N ew YOI·k, N. Y 5. R. W. Hays, Newburg, Verlllont. CORRESPONDENCE TOURNEY GAMES We would like to be able to publish games from the Correspondence Tourney each month Regulations of P lay but w e are so crowded I·or space in the maga zine that we are not yet able to do this regu Entrance Fee~$1 . 00 per section. One larly. If each player competing in this tour. ent ry free to new subscribers and to nament w ill take time off to get one new present subscribers upon their next re subscription to CHESS REVIE:W we could newal. T he tournament is Ollen to all. permammtly increase the size of this <.lellart and players may enter as many sect ions ment~ so let's go boys! as they please. We have an accumulation of games o n hand P r1 ze s~Orders on The Chess Review, and selecting the following three for llublica. $4.00 for first prize, and $2.00 for second tlon has been no easy job. prize, in each section. These orders may be used for subscriptions, or the pur· chase of bOOk s or merchandise at regular Section 4 W on by Whit e advertised rates. The genial Louis Persinger, well known Sections wlll be composed of fi ve play violinist and music teacher, writes : "In the ers, each to play two games with every A game wit h Kirkegaard [ had a few lapses, other. Complete scores of games are to so I fully deserved to lose, but in t he B game be sent to us by the winners, and by the there were quite a lot of possibilities and players of the \Vhite pieces in the case chances for U8 both to take plenty of false of draws. steps ~to say nothing of giving up Queens, the exchange, a Knight, etc.- so r think you The time limit for replies Is 48 hours will find it a lively game ." from the receipt of a move. Undue de· lays may lead to forfeiture. Any ques· This is an understatement about the I\"ame. tions regarding rules are to be sub· Those Who know Persinger outside of chess mitted to us, and our adjudication is to are impressed w ith his modesty, r eserve, serio be accepted as tlnal. o usness, and his general state of effervesce nce. But at the chess board he betl·ays a love for Wild West action and When about t o embark 162 on a mo~t dangerous sacrific e , YOU cannot lind No othC!' continuation gives Whit e t he s light · a happie r m a n. In the follow ing game con· cs t c hance, ducted by air mail be t ween N , Y. and Selma. 15. . . . P.KR3 CallI'., we get j ust an ink ling of the rodeo c hess [ f 15 . . . P·Kt5 : 16 l( t· KI 5. P·KR3: 17 P er,; lnge r' likes s o well. K t·K4. (17 K t·K6, BxK l.! ) QxP: 18 Q · I~ 2 , and SCOT CH GAMBIT Whit e is ~ a f e ; [or Black can lIei t he r play .. . p ·K I6; (19 QxKt ! J. nor . . . Kt·K t. 6; (19 Kt · Lo uts Per singe r Re v. Ma rtin L. Ki r kegaard B6c h ). W h il e Black 16 KtxP Kt·Kt6 1 P. K4 P·K4 16 Kt·KR4 P· KB4 17 KtxBP QxP ! 2 Kt. KB3 Kt.QB3 17 P. KKt3! P·QRS? 17 ... K xKt ; 18 fixPch, K moves ; 19 Q·03, 3 P· Q4 p,p 18 P. B3 B·8S w ins back Ihe Kt. 4 8 · B4 B. B4 19 P)(Kt BPxP 18 KtxQP B· Kt5! P. B3 Kt.B3 20 P. QR3 Q.K2? 5 A strong move. W hite is in t rou ble-the 6 P·KS P·Q4 Q.Q2 QR.Kt1 21 threa t is R· K7, followed by mate. 7 8.QKtS Kt. KS 22 B· KtS Q.K1 8 BxKtch P,B 23 P· KKt4 R·Kt6 19 Q. B2 R· Bl 9 p,p a . KtSc h 24 Kt· B5 Q.QKtl But Il OW 19 . . . R· K7; 20 B· H1ch and m ale 10 QKt.Q2 B·R3 25 B· K7 B.Q6 in a fell' moves. 11 Q. R4 BxKtc h 26 B,R Q,B 2Q KR·Kl Kt.Q2 12 BxB B·Kt4 27 R (Ql ).KBl QxP ! 21 Kt·K4 R. B2 13 Q.B2 Q.Q2 28 K.Ql Q. RSch 22 B·Q6 . . . . 14 B· K3 0 ·0 29 Q.Bl T his allows a d raw. but t here i ~ nothing I S O·O· O ?! P.QR4 and White won. better. If 22 KH!2, P· 136 ; 23 Ktx D, QxKt ; 24 R · K 6?, K t ·K7c h! Section 9 W on by Black 22 . . . . Q. R8c h 23 K·B2 Q. R5 Good c hess playecl in a fOI'thright manner by H olt. The de rense c hose n is curre ntly t hc Drawn by re petition of the las t two moves. [al' odte, DI'. E uwe cons idering it to be t he most c ritical vat'iaLion in t he Ximzowitsch Deren ~ e. On m ove 19 While offere d a draw. Answers to Quiz lJI a ck responded to this by coul'l eously sac· Q 1. (a) f<~ ll s ka ses ( b ) FI')hr (c ) l.ilient hal. ri fl cing his K l-a neal sllcrifice very re m in i· Q 2. Ret l. Philidor, Paulsen. A [ekhine. scent or the great Marshal!"s " S windles." Q 3. Capablanca, Rubinstein. La s ke r . N IMZOWITS C H DEFEN SE Q 4. ( a ) Yes. (b) Yes. (c ) NOlie. (d ) N o. Q 5. Mikhail Botwinnik , Champ ion Or Huss[a. Pa u l Lit tle H oward S . Hcit Q 6. 1 13 ·Q3ch. QxB; 2 fixP m a te. While Blac k Q 7. 1 . . . Q·K t 7c h ; 2 HxQ, P xR mate. 1 P.Q4 Kt.KB3 15 P· B5 Kt·Kt3 Q 5. 1 , , . Kt(83)·KI5 ; 2 lillY. Kt· BIj m a te , 2 P.QB4 P. K3 16 KR.Ql? B·Kt 5 Q 9. 1 Q·Kt Sc h, KtxQ; 2 n ·Qs mate. 3 Kt·QB3 B.KtS 17 8.K2 Kt. B5 Q 10. 1 13 ·Kt 5c h. K xB ; 2 Kt·QS male, 4 Q.B2 Kt.B3 18 K. B1 Q. Kt 3 Q 11. 1 Q· I{S c h. KxQ; 2 13 ·R4 male. 5 Kt. B3 P_Q3 19 Q. K3 KtxP !! 6 P.QR3 BxKtch 20 KxKt BxKt d b1 ch 7 QxB P. QR4 21 KxB P·B4 8 B. Kt5 P. KR3 22 Q. B3 PxPch CORRESPONDENCE AIDS 9 BxKt QxB 23 K.K 3 Q. Kt4ch Record the position of each of your 10 P. K3 P·K4 24 KxP R,P cor res ponde nce -g ames with this un ique 11 P.Q5 Kt.K2 25 Q.Q2 R. B5ch de v ice. Size 8\14 x 11. Can be inserted 12 B·Q3 0·0 26 K. K3 QR· K BI in o rd ina ry 3·ring Bi nder. Men can't fall 13 0·0 B. B4 27 Resigns o ut. S im plifi es cc rrespcndence pl ay. Keep 14 P·K4 B. R6 a ll your games together. Sect ion 11 Draw n ThC following ),;ame ends in a draw, b tH not be Cause the conte s tants are a fraid to m ix it up. T o prove t hat t he players had more t ha n a va gue idNt about t he maze of att a ck ~ and counte r·attacks , young Dan " layel'S appends a fe w notes. E NG L IS H OPEN ING •• D. Ma ye rs W.M .P. Mitchell WhIt e Blac k 1 P.QB4 P·K4 4 P·B4 P.Q3 2 Kt.QB3 Kt·KB3 5 P.K R3? ! Kt·B3 P os itio n.recorders, wit h m en ____ l0 for $2 3 P· K4 B.B4 6 Kt.B3 . . . . 6 P·(i3 was pre fe rable , Move·record ing postals ______l 00 fo r 75c • 6 • • • • p,p 11 P.Q5! Kt· Ktl 7 P.Q4 B.QKtS 12 P. K5 0 ·0 CHESS EQUIPMENT CO. 8 B.Q3 Kt. KR4 13 B. R3 R-Kl 250 West 57th St. • New York, N. Y. 9 0 ·0 BxKt 14 p,p p,p 10 P)(B P. KKt4 15 P·KR4 • • • • 163 Problem Department By VINCENT LEATON I1ddreJJ (,If mrrfJpondellCe relating 10 fhi! departll11m' 10 V.L Ealon, 2237 Q Sireel, N. W., W4Jh;I18IOIl, D.C. W ith this issue your Problem Editor cele· the "Indian," perhaps the "half·pin" theme, brutes t he completion of two and one haH ami he wonders why people have gone to such years at the helm or this deparlment of the lengths as to single out some element of CH8SS R~;Vl!~W . Il is a mIller arbitrary potential chess p lay t hat might perhaps occur anulvez'sary- one might equally well observe once in 11 hundred ~housand times in actual the two and nine-sixteenth 01' some such [rac Kames, and dignity it by coining a term for tiolla l figure-but it serves as well as any to it. He wonders, too. what is t he use of work afford the chance to cal l a temlJorary halt to ing tile8c odd bits of strategy into !lositions one's opel'aliolls, hitch Ill! one's trousers, re· that sho~k his common·sense concept of chess view what one has been doing. and try to do - \Jo~itions in which, "if Black had auy sensp, bettEH' in the future. P.verybOlly shOUld slop he would have l"Psignpoi long aKo!'" It is very to take Htock Ollce in a while, try to discover hard to briug someonp who has all his life been the errors he hfls made (if he can get out thinking of chess in term~ of cOllte~ t between of himself far enough to discover them) find e qually·matched op[Jonents to the conception make good resolurions 1'01' the ruture, whet he I' that problem~ are something quite alJart from he keeps them or not. This is what I have all this, with a technical Yocabulary and aes· latel~,' been dOing. I won't. bore you by telling t hetic standards of their own. Yet if he wishes you the re ~u lts of these rat.he r melancholy really to enjoy p roblems, he must overcome medltatloIls, but I would like to devote part this mental hazard, for the fact is that they of this month'~ column to a re-statement or are a separate and dist.inct art. the alms and pUi'poses of this little department. In the first place, OUt· prilllarr aim is to T HE JARGON OF PROBL EMISTS bring some b it of pleaHul'e to all or you.-not I wish that r could devote the s pace to give just to specialists in cllesS problems, but to a coml,lete set or definitions of all the te r111s those who ~olve for the fun of it, even to that form the jargon of chess problemists. those who look upon problems as pure tricks Ull1"ortunatcly this would be impracticable, for that lJave no relation to chess and are produced it would have to be repeated time and a.c;ain by cranks who have somehow gone [ultray, I offer 10]" the benefit of new solvers or those who 110 apologies 1'01' my mally faulls as an editor. happened to miHS the issue in which it might but I must ask you to reali1.e Ihls: that becau8e appell'·. Some while ago, I cO l\ ceived the idea of the wide audience it wishes to conlllland, this of making UI' a liUle dietionaJ'y and g-euerai department. necessarily eHnnot go all out ill guide in mimeog-raphed form, to be published anyone direction. It cannot fOl 'ever offer it" sufficient interest should be shown ; many rather complex a rt.icl e~ on abstruse lll'oblem readers kindly offered Hubscl"ipUolJS to the themes, that fe w but Ihe moM expert com· project, but t.he resllonsp was not great enough !losers will understand; it cannot always keep to warrant undertaking- t hp necessary eX[Jense. on with the attempt to explain the most elem· If in the flltlll'e sufficient names are added to entary of pl"Ob lem terms to the beginner in the list I alrendy have, i ~hall go ahead with solviag. 1.'rom your letters I know that you a re the pla n. I'II ennwhile. I shall continue in these keenly aware or these difficulties and most pages to do what I have tried to do in the open-minded about my attempts to overcome past, Hamely, to avoid using techuical terms them. One or the g reatest, if not the most t hat only a few will Ullde r~t and , and to give gratifying, compensations o[ an editorial job brief definitions if it becomes n ecessary to of this type, is the opportunity it a rrords for employ particularly obscure thenle·names, Let contact with g ood and sympathet!c minds all me add in this connection tha t you should not ovel' the chess world. be scareo.l away from problems because or the Since I took over t his ta8k. my monthly queer lingo that com]Josers u~e . Problems can correspondence has ri8Cll from about a hundred be appreciated for their own sake, and do not to approximately three hundred or more lettcrs n eces ~ ar ily have to be documenteu with foot· each month. I wish I COu ld give a prompt notps. And as for the technical terms, they answer to everyone of your inquiries; outside are just typical of the jargoll that grows nl' \. circumstances, Quite beyond Illy own wishes. about. any hobby- as we might speak of a unfortunately p l'evpnt this, but be assured masse shot in billiards, a lob or a root·fault. in that you may ask mp what you like and in tennis, a double wingback formation in foot· good time you will receive your reply. I ball. a gambit or Fianchetto in chess play, and enjoy hearin!,: rrom you; you may feel Quite so on. Doe~ t.his dispose of the objection? free to ask Questions, to critici?e, to Hpeak Yes, problems a re quite separate from game frankly aboU1. I he conduct oj" thi~ department. play. To the person who claims that they are I hope you will contilHle 1.0 do so. FOI' it is only by learning from you that I will be able not worth studying because they show one ~ Ide to conduct a really democratic department, (White) almost always with a Yastly superior' one which will appeal to a ll of you in as equal forcc, killinl': orr an opponent in a position measure as is possible in this very finite field which would hardly be likely to occur in any of interest. sensible game, the most effective reply is, "Don't you give the COllljJoser credit for realiz To the be!,:inner, cheHS problems are very ing this, too?" Certainly h e does. T hen why qneer thin!,:.';. He hllars lPll of lhe "'RriMo\." does he takp the trouble t.o make up his posl- 1M tion and publl~h it? The Ullswer is this: that FIN D THE SENT ENCE IN T HI S he l~ lntere$ted In showI ng some pretty idea, som!;' un u~ u al stunt, tilat the ehes ~ pleee~ are capab;e of perfol'mlng, I! they are ar~anged In the way he wants them to be, He really doesn't CHESS-O-GRA car'e much about CI'eaUng b l ' u ~ al mating situ· A NEW CHESS PUZZ LE aU onS"; he is more Interested In the way Black is led to the mate, in the subtletles of By KENNETH HARKNESS defense and countei""a Un.ck, In the bell uty t hat ari~es from t he lnterftctlon of chess pieces, in the economica. l use of force to reach a set goal. It is merely n convention that White i5 always made the hero In chess problems; the composer would not mInd If It were Black who Is given the s uperior role, for it would not affect the presentallon or the Idea, which Is his prima ry concern. The solver of a problem Rlso gels Ilil enjoy· ment quite distinct from that whic h he would ordinarily derive from gr.-m e play. He is given a position Iwd ssk'ed to fin d a mate in so many moves. If lle hac! aU the time In the world he could find any number of ways to bring about a mate, In three to thl'oe hunch'ed moves. But a. restriction !a plsced on the problem : he must find II. means to end mack's misery in a definitelY-stated time-11 m!t. Un less the composer has made an error, there is only one way to p.,rrorm the "'lllale jn two" or "ma.le In three" or whatever the condition is. To find this Is the solver's task, and with a well-made problem it Is R very enJoY(lble one. And after he hus ma..stered the solution, he can have t he ad ded pleasure of vi ewing the comllOser's Idea. This diagram contaIns a 12·word sentence. PROB L EM BOOKS FOR B EG INNERS The number of leHers In encil word Is In dicated by the dashes below. '1'0 find the I am often asked to give n Ust of books sentence, move the Kn ight In the dlagrnm that can be used by the be,ll; lnner In problems. rrom letter to letter. The dots indi cate spnces . To tell t he truth, there Isn't anyone vo lume between wOI·ds. When you come to t he last that will give saUsfactory Inrormation on leuer of a word, make a Knight move to It every phase of the subject : on solving, on com dotted square, then II. Knight move to the posing, the various themes anti their history_ fi rst letter of t he next word. Every Ume you But a number of excellent s peclal1zed works move the piece you must make a legal Knight al'e available. Phll1p Hamilton William's " The Modern Chess Problem" call be used by the - novice to advantage. 1<'. Bonner Feast's "Chess Each lettered square and each dotted SQuare Cameos"ls a plea..~llt1 t intro.ductlon to elemen· Is used only once. When you complete lhe tary problem ideas, while "Simple Two·move sentence you will have made a complete Themes" by FeAst and Alain White is a mOte "Knight's Tour" of the board. Bewal'e or comprehensive sun'ey or the same field. For traps. There al'e two available l'O ut.es at the advH.ncetl students, "The Good Com panion beginning or certain words; onl y one route is correct. Two·mover" by White nnd George Hume is , specially recommended. These three last Solution and answel' to que~t1on In ~ e lltence named titles fire limited to two·move prob next month. lems; I know O( no better survey of the enUre , Ii , - subject-two'mov ers, three-movers and other ,-, / : -, types-than H . Weenlnk's "The Chess Prob W - . - - lem," which Ms mu"cll lu[ormntion about the - - - history or the art. Of the many collectioru; y ~ ,, or th e work or topnlght composers that are - - -"' -- in print, the following are worth speclnl note: , , , ?Ii. Havel's "Bohem!an Garneta ," Godfrey c Ii ," )•. : J' '- L - - - ~;Jh~~t~'S~~~h~S~e~ilY~:~~ I ~;:~,l: ~~~~'Sr~~~::; , " N , hard to get), nnd "The Golden Argosy," a ,;, I ~ select io n of the compOsition of W. A_ Shlnk· - - , " man. The names of other books will be sup r , piled upon reQuest. 11'. "'- - ~ :L 1 A word now. about the manner In which our 1l0iYing and composing contests are conducted. Everyone is Invited to submit solutlons to the no you like this puzzle? Wallt to see more! original problems published In these pages. w; to Kenneth Harkness, West 57th Street, New (ContinNed 0" "ext pflgt) 165 SOLV I NG LADDER AND PRIZ ES equal te r ms w llh those of ally other nation of the world. If nothing cll tastl"Ollhic occurs, You need g ive only the keys fOr two· fi n d we may see t hem III'oll uclng g reat work In the three·movers; for IOll ge r- rall/te compos itions, fut ure, As with OUI" prellent-day litera tm'e and please write out the maiu lIuell o f play. Solvel's scie nce and other a c tivities, some of t he most Ilre credited with a de ll ntte numbe r of Ilol nts promiSing na mes a re of men who ha l'e come ror ea ch correct solution, and their names are to America from othe,' lands_ Our Quoted eutered 0 11 a ·'[..adde r:· Their lJO lnts accumu Section this mon th Is de l' oted to the work Of late from mont h to month. Other mllle ,'11l 1 these tIVO· a rtists, Simo n Costlk yan li nd V. and lack nf space h ave recen tly crowded ou t Rosa do. bolh bol'n ou t ~l d e l hls country, both the r~a dde l ' r,·om t hese 11ages , but it wl11 s hortly n ow proud c ltl:t;ens Of the Un ited State!!, mllke 1I ~ l·e·Appearance. ¥; ach llIont.h the pe r· s on w ho happens 10 be at the tOil of t he I,ud· SIMON COSTIKYAN der Is declal'ed t he wi nner and gll'en Ihe op· tlon of recell'ing either a s mal1 money Jlrll:e Simon Costlky!l n wa s born in Constantinople, or an e xtens ion of his s ubscri ption to the TUrke)" in 1)0; 99. He tl l'I'II hecamc intel'es te d CHESS R EVIEW : his s core Is then cancelled, in chess whcn tie wnll twell' e years old, through and he staru his clim b al(aln a t the bollom. rcading an English IIl11.1:'azlne , the " Doys Own To secure cred it 011 the Ladde r. s olutions Pa l)Cr." and he became faSC ina ted by the shou ld o rdlna l'lI y be s ubm itted b)' the date proble ms lhat 1I 1111enred III It. This sta r ted na med a bol'e the d iagrams: bul la te I)o lnts him search lnJ!: fO ,' othe ,' chess columns. and will be awarded UII to t he time the Issue co n· e\'ellt ually to nHemllt\ ng compos ing on a mod· ta lnlng the keys to l he [Iroblenll; Is published. es t scale. He early became attracted to the Il ohe m ia n type of t1roblem, IJal'licularly to the Info rmal com posing tour neys a re a lso con wo rk of Pos pisil a mi Chocholous. ducteiJ , and the best two·mover, three·mol'er sud 10uger'!'l\nge problem or selr-mate of ellch Mr. CostikYlLn WIL li educlLte d lit Robert Col· quarter,yea!' Is deClared the winne r of the lege, lin Am erl ClI lI IJII; t!tUtlll[) In Co ns tantl· "Hnnor Prize," Solvers a re iUl'l1 ed to name nople, whe!·e he holped or).(anll:e a chess club. their favorites flmo n g t he problem s p u b )j ~ h e d A fe w years a fl or 1I1 ~ ,l:' raduaUon he came to In each IlIBu e, a nd their vole guides the choice the Unite d S t ate~ and becnme an American of t he c hampion . No on e 10ng· rlL nge problem citizen. He !Iubmltled his fir st reall )' se l'loua received ~u m elent votes for the " Honol' Pr ize" a ttempt al pl'oblem com llos lng to t he " Ne w in our lallt Quarterly comllelltion, and It Is York Sun" in 1927 ( No. 1909 ). It had been the re fore omitted t his mon th. In a ddition to constructed when he was fou rtee n yea,·s old, these informa l com lletitions, special tou rneys lind is II. I'el·y credita ble first offering. As his are occasiona lly he ld, s uc h fi ll the Loyd Cen· skill de\'elo llcd , he ga ine d Just recog n ition tenar y co ntes t which ha s I'ecenlly been con· among comtlosers a nd soh'ers, pa rtic ularly clude d. This ha s 1)I'O\' eli to be such 11 success those who h;I\'e fo llowed lhe p roblem pagel! that a s lm11l1. 1' competition is 1)la llne iJ for next of the ·'Ne ll' Yo .. k POst" lind of thi s magllzlne. year, Nos. 1910 and 1911 s how lhe effect o f the stimulation he ,·ecel"Cli from H. R. Bigelow. Chess Editor of t hc "POHt. " THI S MONTH'S PROBLEM S V IRGILI O E. ROSADO Our orlglnnl and quoted jl roblems thlll month shOW the WO!'k of a number of the best present· VirJ:ilio I ~rnesto Rosado was born on Novem day America n com posers. who requh'e little be r 7, 1900, in Con edores de i'rogresso. the or no Introduction to you. I ~ r lc ;\1 . Hassbe"g principa l seallorl of the little pe ninsula Of Is I\. brillia nt you ng ma n In hili e a rly twe n ties, Yucatan, In ~ I e xl co. In 1905 his family 1II 0\'ell who has recently come to Ame"ica after gain to New Orlea ns, lind ultimately Mr, Roeado Ing numerous successes in f.; u ropean compos· de termined to make the Un ited States his ing tour neys, He is espeCially fond of co m· tle,'mallent home. In 1939 he became an Amer· ple x two·mol'e combinations, as 1'\0. 1896 in· Ican citize n. A violinist by Il roresslon, Mr. iJ lcates, Our 0 111 friend, W. K, W imsa tt, J r .. Rosado Is now a !!~ochlled with the San Diego retu rns to CHES S REVIEW with Nos. 18911 Symphony O l·che~tl"II. Chess proble ms h lt ve and 189 9, a fter several years' absen ce, ns lloes bee n his ent.husillsllc hnbby since 1932. He haB v . Rosndo. In NO S. 1897 and 1902 Kenneth pror!nced about ~ ill'e nlY I l o ~ ltlons , his first HOWA rd OffOl'S some In te restin g c xp e l'lm e n t ~ offe ring 11fl ving a JlJlellred in the "Cincinnati In pin s tL'atel;' y, while In No. 1905 Alai n W hite Enquiro .. ·· on MH Y 21. 1933. His work IW!I g ll'es us a bea uUful example of the iJim enll been ext reme ly val'l O EDWARD L. DEISS and KENNETH $, HOWAR D SIMON CO$TI KYAN the l~te D R. G. DO B BS Ea st O r ange , N. J. N.ew York, N. Y. '"" M ate in 2 1901 Mat e in 3 W . K. WIMSATT, JR. KENN E TH S. HOWARD V . L. EATON Washington, D. C. 1894 i\Ja te i n 2 1898 i\hte in 2 W K. W I MSATT, JR. A J. FI NK Washi ngton, D. C. San Fr a ncisco, Ca l. ".,.., 1895 :Ma le in 2 1899 Mate in 2 E R IC M. HASSBERG New York, N . Y. i n M ate i n 3 '90" Mate in 4 167 "---- Originals (cont'd) .. Quoted Section 81 MON -COSTI K Y AN New Y o rk Sun, 1927 , 1909 :!>fa,t o} in 3 SIMON COSTIKYAN V. ROSADO From the New Yo rk Post At lanta Journal, 1935 Male in 4 HHO Mate in S 1914 Mate in 2 R. C HENEY SIMON COST IKYAN V. ROSADO Wa s h i n~ton, D C. F r om the New York Post Atianta Journ a l, 1935 V , ROSADO Cincinnati EnqUi,'e,', 1935 , 1908 SELF m ate in 3 Mate in 3 , " -J68 ," ., . , ,